matched donor
Tissue-compatible benefactor found
A matched donor is someone whose biological markers—typically tissue type or blood characteristics—are compatible with a recipient for transplantation or transfusion.
The term appears most often in contexts of bone marrow or organ donation, where finding a match can be difficult: After months of searching, they finally found a matched donor.
The matching process reduces the risk of rejection by the recipient's immune system.
- compatibleAble to work together
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- bone marrow transplantInfusing healthy hematopoietic cells
- bone marrowBlood cell birthplace
- recipientOne who receives something
tissue · tissue typing · blood type · blood test · registry · stem cells · sibling · organ · lifesaving · gift of life · genetic · leukemia · crossmatch · antibodies · waiting list · stranger · altruistic · harvesting
- donorscord blood, giver, benefactor, patron, contributor
- transplantsorgan transplant, liver transplant, bone marrow transplant, kidney transplant, heart transplant